Coffee

Somehow I've become a coffee drinker. I used to get a cup once in a while and suddenly it's become an every day sort of thing. Maybe it's because the coffee area is now immediately across from my desk. Maybe it's because caffeine really is addictive.

Whatever it is...now I can't get through the morning without a cup.

Come to Jamaica

After a LONG and painful process, we've booked our vacation. For those that don't know the back story here's where we had looked at going, in the order that we researched them:

Scotland
Puerto Rico
Cancun, Mexico
Riviera Maya, Mexico
Aruba
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico (I know I listed it before, we considered again)
Jamaica
St. Lucia
and finally...Jamaica

You may go ahead and envy me now.

Become one with the Jello

So this past Saturday I had a massage. A lovely, hour-long, swedish massage. I haven't had one in over a year and every time I promise myself I won't let it go as long again without getting one.

I walked in and met my masseuse, Katherine. I asked her to work the middle of my back since it's been bugging me. As soon as she got to those muscles she clucked and said are these the ones that hurt. I guess they must have been a little tight. Then she pressed down and said how's the pressure. It was good and I told her so. THEN she pressed harder and started working those muscles in my back until the tears started making my vision blurry. Just at the point where I thought I'd have to tell her, she stopped. Everything went along fine after that. When I stood up after an hour I found that I had become Jello.

It's good to be Jello. We should all become one with the Jello

It's so unfair!!

Andy got to meet the Homestar Runner Guys at SXSW yesterday.

I'm so jealous I could spit.

Just because I find this amusing

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Originally uploaded by lglendinning.

Owowowowowow

So, it's been a little while since I've been on a bike. About 7 years actually, aside from the Bike the Bridge thing we did in San Francisco.

I got a new bike for Christmas, it's pretty damn cool, and today since it's nice I talked Andy into a quick ride around the lake.

I was a little wobbly at first, but not too bad off, except for right now. I'd forgotten all about the sore rump muscles from the SF biking expedition. I remember them now.

Vividly.

Ooops disappeared again

Sorry about the lack of posts again. I've gotten a new job at work, bit of a promotion actually. But in the meantime I still have to do my old job, along with half of another woman's because she doesn't have access to everything she needs yet. And our office is moving floors, which means my boss wanted help with the floor plans, and it's performance appraisal time which I've always helped out with in the past...

You get the point don't you?

Anyway the good news is the promotion...and that my replacement is coming, she'll be here in 21 days, and she's totally awesome. Her name's Laura too, how confusing will th>at be??? I already feel like I'm talking to myself when I send her an email. Hopefully though it'll make for an easy transition for my team. Whenever they need something now they just yell "Hey, Laura!" They won't even have to break the habit.

Note to self:

A high of 60 degrees does not equal an all day temperature of 60 degrees. Why didn't you bring a jacket with you, you dummy?

A night with the girls

I had some of my buddies from the office over the other night. In case I haven't mentioned him before, my dog Arrow, gets a littl hyper when we have company.

In trying to pacify him, I was making him go through his routine of tricks, the latest being balancing on his hind legs with a biscuit perched on the end of his nose. He's supposed to hold that stance until I say "OK" at which point he whips his face around in a motion I've never been able to catch without the aid of slow motion, and catches the biscuit in hi mouth.

He did it. Beautifully. Except for the catching the biscuit part.

It broke in half and a piece flew back into my friend's face.

Yes...I wanted to die.

Mine all mine

I haven't really been enjoying my time alone while Andy's out of town. Oh don't get me wrong. Some things are nice. Like only doing half the laundry and keeping things tidy is a whole lot easier with just one person and a dog in the house. But for the most part I gotta say that it sucks.

Tonight, however, I'm ordering pizza. I started to put in our standard order and was just about to hit send (can I just mention how much I LOVE online pizza ordering?) when it hit me. Wait a dang minute! I don't WANT sausage and black olive pizza. I want...Hawaiian.

Now Andy will tell you that Hawaiian pizza is the most vile thing on the planet, that it's just not natural to have pineapple on pizza.

But you know what? He ain't here!